| Tourney Name: | IIHF World U20 Championship |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Size: | 120px |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Dates: | December 25, 1999 – January 4, 2000 |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Type: | ihj |
| Winners: | CZE |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | RUS |
| Third: | CAN |
| Fourth: | USA |
| Games: | 35 |
| Goals: | 218 |
| Attendance: | 41693 |
| Points: | 13 |
| Nextseason: | 2001 |
The 2000 World Junior Hockey Championships (2000 WJHC), was the 24th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was hosted in Skellefteå and Umeå, Sweden from December 25, 1999, to January 4, 2000.[1] The Czech Republic won the gold medal with a 1–0 shootout victory over Russia in the championship game, while Canada won the bronze medal with a 4–3 shootout victory over the United States. This still remains as the only tournament to where both medal games have been decided in a shootout.
The playoff round was (again) expanded to eight teams, with group leaders not getting a bye to the semifinals.
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
Source:[2]
was relegated to Division I for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Source:[3]
‡ Shootout victory.
All times local (CET/UTC+1).
| width=30 | Rank | width=150 | Player | Country | width=30 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | +9 | |||||||||||
| 2 | F | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | +8 | |||||||||||
| 3 | F | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | +8 | |||||||||||
| 4 | F | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | +3 | |||||||||||
| 5 | F | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +8 | |||||||||||
| 6 | F | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | +6 | |||||||||||
| 7 | D | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | +2 | |||||||||||
| 8 | D | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | +10 | |||||||||||
| 9 | F | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | +6 | |||||||||||
| 10 | F | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | +7 |
Minimum 40% of team's ice time.
| width=30 | Rank | width=150 | Player | Country | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | Saves | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 234:04 | 105 | 3 | 0.77 | 102 | 97.14 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 185:11 | 81 | 4 | 1.30 | 77 | 95.06 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 420:00 | 182 | 11 | 1.57 | 171 | 93.96 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 360:00 | 181 | 11 | 1.83 | 170 | 93.92 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 298:57 | 138 | 9 | 1.81 | 129 | 93.48 | 1 |
| width=150 | width=180 | Goaltender | Defencemen | Forwards | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIHF Directorate Awards |  Rick DiPietro |  Alexander Ryazantsev |  Milan Kraft | |||||||||
| Media All-Star Team | Rick DiPietro | width=180 |  Mathieu Biron | width=180 | Alexander Ryazantsev | width=180 | Milan Kraft | width=180 | Evgeny Muratov | width=180 | Alexei Tereschenko | |
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The Pool B tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus between December 13 and December 19, 1999.[4]
was promoted to the Top Division for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
was relegated to Division II for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
The Pool C tournament was played in Nagano, Japan between December 30, 1999, and January 3, 2000.[5]
Source:[6]
All times local (JST/UTC+9).
was relegated to Division III for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
was promoted to Division I for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
The Pool D tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico between January 9 and January 15, 2000.[7]
was promoted to Division II for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
was relegated to Division III Qualification for the 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.